Surabaya
Cita Hati
Today we left early
in the morning to visit Surabaya. It
took us a little longer than expected to get there, so our time at a large
souvenir shop was more rushed than we would have liked. Regardless, everyone was able to buy
something that they liked, and it gave us some ideas of what to get everyone in
Bali. I go a djembe drum with an
elephant painted on it, which I will be able to use in my classroom someday. After we were done shopping, we went to Cita
Hati, a very wealthy school in Surabaya.
This school greeted us very warmly, as almost every school has, and they
gave us some of the most delicious lunch food we have eaten yet. The head officials and some teachers came to
give us a talk about Cita Hati and what the school is about, and it sounded
like a fun place to work. They have very
good benefits, there is a nice pay rate, and they are very flexible with
scheduling, all of which sound like great perks. Our main job at this school was to interact
with the students, so we went to different classrooms to present about Messiah
College. The students in my class seemed
very timid, although they were respectful to
us during our talk. We had fun splitting
into groups and talk individually with the students about their major and their
plan for college. After we were done
with our Messiah College promotion, Jonathan and I went to Band Club for one of
the extracurricular activities. We
walked in thinking this club would be a concert band,
but it ended up being a rock band club.
The teachers were extremely welcoming, and they wanted us to play a song
before class started. The rest of the
hour was spent listening and helping the students with music, and it was one of
the most fun times I’ve had on this trip.
By the end we were able to play Hillsong music with them, and this was
another experience that showed me how global worship music has become. At the end, we shared email addresses with
the students and took a group picture; Next came a seminar by Ibu Jan, who talked
about how to foster character development through effective classroom management. The group that Jonathan and I were with was
great! We sat with a couple elementary
school teachers, and they shared a lot of good ideas with us. They were also respectful while Jan was
teaching. It made me very sad to hear
that many of the other groups and experiences were not as positive as ours
was. All of the people at Cita Hati were
extremely welcoming and friendly to me, and even though it didn’t feel like a
school I would enjoy teaching at, I enjoyed my experience there much more than the
rest of the group. We got back to Malang
right at seven o’clock, so I ran over to Wesley to help lead the High School
service. I had a great time worshipping
with the students there, and it was a great joy to see most of the Messiah team
members come over as well. 
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